Total grantees for Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair Program : 1

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program: Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies for lecturing and research at the University of Helsinki, Department of World Cultures, North American Studies Program

Fry, Earl Brigham Young UniversityPolitical ScienceU.S. Foreign Policy "Renaissance" in America: What the United States Can Learn from Other CountriesUniversity of Helsinki, Department of World Cultures9 months, academic yearAdditionally, Dr. Fry has received two Inter-Country Travel Grants to lecture at the University of Warsaw and the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3

Total grantees for Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program: 1

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program: Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies for lecturing and research at higher education institutions in Finland

Cvancara, Kristen Minnesota State UniversityProject: Investigating Cultural Variations in Use of Sibling Aggression: A Cross-Cultural Study of the United States and FinlandUniversity of Jyväskylä5 months, spring semester

Willson, Kendra University of California, Los AngelesProject: Finnish Non-Finite Constructions in Emergent SystemUniversity of Turku9 months, academic yearCo-funded by University of Turku

Total grantees for Core Fulbright Scholar Program : 9

Mid-Career Professional Development Grant for professional development projects

Helling, JohnMid-Career Professional Development Grant Bloomfield Public Library Project: Finnish National Library Policy as Model for Best Practices in the United States Helsinki City Library 5 months, fall semester Lindquist, Thea Mid-Career Professional Development Grant University of Colorado, Boulder Project: Digital Historical Collections, Geospatial-Temporal Approaches and the Semantic Web Aalto University 4 months, fall semester

Total grantees for Mid-Career Professional Development Grant: 2

Fulbright Graduate Student Grantees for study and research at Finnish higher education institutions

Haskell, John SOAS, University of London LawProject: European Cosmopolitanism and Ostensibly Secular Approaches to Global GovernanceUniversity of Helsinki, Eric Castren Institute of International Law and Human RightsWithdrawn (Fulbright grantee on August 30, 2011 - October 21, 2011)

Hoh, Lyndsey University of Southern California MusicologyProject: Sounds, Symbols and Signification: A Comparative Study of Music Semiotics in Kalevala MusicUniversity of Helsinki

Horns, Richard Fulbright – University of Helsinki Graduate Award Amherst College BiologyProject: Host-Pathogen Coevolution: The Effect of Space on Resistance StructureUniversity of Helsinki

Lee, Joan University of Pennsylvania EducationProject: Intelligent Accountability: The Culture of Educational Assessment in FinlandUniversity of Jyväskylä

Parks, Justin Fulbright-CIMO granteeUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New YorkLanguage and LiteratureProject: Speaking the Social Self: Democracy, Modernism, and the Transformation of the Lyric SubjectUniversity of Turku

Tokic, Maja Washington University in Saint LouisArt and ArchitectureProject: Alvar Aalto’s Civic Architecture and the Finnish National Identity Aalto University School of Science and Technology

Turner, Bradley The University of Chicago EconomicsProject: Economics as Empire: Testing and Appraising Economics ImperialismUniversity of Helsinki

Weimer, Leasa Fulbright-CIMO granteeUniversity of Georgia EducationProject: International Student Market, Academic Capitalism, and Finnish Higher EducationUniversity of Jyväskylä, University of Tampere, University of Helsinki

Total grantees for Fulbright Graduate Student Grantees: 12

IIE Graduate Fellowships for International Study for doctoral dissertation research in the field of humanities (in cooperation with the Fulbright Center)

Beahrs, Robert University of California, BerkeleyEthnomusicologyProject: Echoing through the Nine Skies: Epistemologies of Voices in the Transnational Circulation of Tuvan Khöömei Throath-SingingUniversity of Helsinki6 months, spring semester

Total grantees for IIE Graduate Fellowships for International Study: 1

Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching A semester-long program for primary and secondary level educators.

Reynolds, Robert Chicago Public Schools, Instruction Office, Chicago, ILProject: Building on Best Practices of Mathematics Teaching and LearningUniversity of Helsinki6 months, spring semester

Total grantees for Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program: 1

Fulbright Specialists Program for short-term lecturing and professional collaboration visits by U.S. faculty and professionals to Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences.

Case, DonaldUniversity of Kentucky, School of Library and Information ScienceLibrary ScienceUniversity of Oulu, Department of Information SciencesProject: Health Information Management and Behavior and research–based education in Information Behavior as a core area of expertise.October- November 2011

Cheshire, CoyeUniversity of California, Berkeley, School of InformationInformation Technology, social psychology and social networksHelsinki Institute for Information Technology HIITProject: Lecturing and teaching at a graduate student research colloquium, building connections with internet researchers in Finland.June 2012

Davis, JoanSouthern Illinois University, Carbondale, Department of Dental HygienePublic/Global Health, Dental Public HealthTurku University of Applied Arts, Department of Health CareProject: Lecturing, faculty training and curriculum development in the field of dental hygiene and healthcare, in particular tobacco dependence education.April-May 2012

Heyne, LindaIthaca College, Department of Recreation and Leisure StudiesPublic/Global Health, Therapeutic RecreationHAMK University of Applied Sciences, Research and Development Centre for WellbeingProject: Lecturing and workshops on therapeutic recreationApril-May 2012

Lottes, IlsaUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Sociology and AnthropologyEducationJAMK University of Applied Sciences, School of Health and Social StudiesProject: Collaboration and lecturing on sexual health education and promotionApril-May 2012

Niles, SpencerPennsylvania State University, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special EducationEducation, Career DevelopmentUniversity of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER)Project: Development of student services and an international cross-disciplinary master’s degree training program for career practitioners.April-May 2012

Silverman, MarissaMontclair State University, College of the Arts, Music EducationU.S. Studies – MusicSibelius Academy, Department of Music EducationProject: Collaboration and lecturing on philosophy of music educationMay 2012

Tedick, DianeUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education, Bilingual and Multicultural EducationUniversity of Vaasa, Centre for Language Immersion and MultilingualismProject: To establish foundations and processes for an ongoing work on the Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education (JICB), establishing a model for online in-service teacher professional development.May 2012

Temple, JacquelinePortland State University, Department of Curriculum and InstructionEducation, Special Teacher EducationUniversity of Jyväskylä, Department of EducationProject: Lecturing on Inclusive Education and Leadership.March-April 2012

Total grantees for the Fulbright Specialists Program: 11

Inter-Country Travel Grants

for one week lecturing visits by U.S. Fulbright scholars based in another country to Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences.

Snow, CharlesPennsylvania State UniversityBusinessProject: Lecturing on Learning by Developing – New Ways to Learn ConferenceLaurea University of Applied Sciences

Total grantees for the Inter-country Travel Grant Program: 2

TOTAL NUMBER OF GRANTEES

Finnish grantees: 45American grantees: 41Total: 86

The Fulbright Center

The Fulbright Center specializes in cultural exchange between Finland and North America. It awards grants for academic exchanges between Finland and the United States, and advises on study and research opportunities in the United States and Canada.

Fulbright Center is a non-profit organization funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education, the American and Canadian governments, and a Trust Fund founded by the Finnish and U.S. governments. The Fulbright Center is governed by an eight-member Board of Directors, with equal Finnish and American representation. The Finnish members are appointed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and the U.S. members by the American Embassy in Finland. The U.S. Ambassador to Finland serves as the Honorary Chairperson of the Board.

The Fulbright Center awards grants to close to 90 Finnish and American students, academics, and professionals annually.